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if he have not obtained Upasampada shall not receive it : or 

 if he have obtained Upasampada he shall be expelled. 



Some persons who were without an Upadya received Upa- 

 sampada. Upon this being reported to Budha, he decreed : 



65. Priests, Upasampada shall not be given to one who 

 has not an Upadya : he who gives Upasampada to such is 

 guilty of Dukkata. 



Some gave Upasampada to persons who took the whole 

 Sangho as Upadya : upon which Budha decreed. 



66. Priests, Upasampada shall not be given to any one 

 who has the Sangho as an Upadya: he who gives the Upa- 

 sampada is guilty of Dukkata. 



Some gave Upasampada to persons who took a number of 

 priests, less than a Sangho, as Upadya. This being reported 

 to Budha, he decreed: 



67. Priests, Upasampada shall not be given to any one 

 having a number of priests less than a Sangho as Upadya ; 

 he who gives the Upasampada is guilty of Dukkata. 



Some persons received Upasampada having improper per- 

 sons as Upadya. This being reported to Budha, he decreed : 



68. Priests, Upasampada shall not be given to any persons 

 having for Upadya a eunuch ; one furtively living with the 

 priests (an imposter) ; one who has united himself to another 

 fraternity ; one who is an animal ; a matricide ; a parricide ; a 

 murderer of a Rahat ; a violater of a priestess ; a schismatic ; 

 one who has drawn blood from the person of Budha ; or one 

 who is an hermaphrodite. He who gives the Upasampada 

 is guilty of Dukkata. 



Some persons were admitted to Upasampada who had not 

 been furnished with the bowl, robes, and other articles which 

 a priest should possess, in consequence of which Budha 

 decreed : 



69. Priests, Upasampada shall not be given to a person 

 who is without a bowl : he who gives the Upasampada is 

 guilty of Dukkata. 



70. Priests, Upasampada shall not be given to a person 



